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This is a drawing featuring animals and a human figure in a rural setting. The scene includes a person resting against a large rock, a dog standing nearby, a cow, and a child. In the background, there are sketched foliage and distant rural village structures. The drawing is done in soft reddish tones.
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This is a drawing featuring animals and a human figure in a rural setting. The scene includes a person resting against a large rock, a dog standing nearby, a cow, and a child. In the background, there are sketched foliage and distant rural village structures. The drawing is done in soft reddish tones.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Shepherd Family Resting

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Date
1735/1740
Medium
red chalk and wash over graphite
Dimensions
overall: 17.3 × 21.9 cm (6 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1987.49.1
Credit line
The Armand Hammer Collection
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • amusement
  • genre
  • Venetian
  • Resting
Provenance

Paul Fatio (1874-1960?), Geneva [Lugt 3701]; Walter Hugelshofer, Switzerland; Private collection, USA; (sale Sotheby's, New York, 16 January 1986, no. 105); (Kate Ganz Ltd., London); NGA purchase in 1987 with funds from the Armand Hammer Foundation.

Marks

Paul Fatio (Lugt 3701)

NGA object ID 70163. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.